On 4 May 2014 around 4:17pm ( EDT) a daylight bolide occurred near Ontario, resulting in a

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. The meteoroid was estimated to be roughly in diameter. The explosion was estimated to be equivalent to approximately 10–20

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. The meteor was first seen in Peterborough and traveled on a southwest-to-northeast trajectory. A meteor of this size impacts Earth about twice a week. The meteor was large enough that it may have generated

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s. A strewn field has not yet been located but would be downstream after

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. Weather radar returns suggest that the meteorite(s) may have landed near Codrington.

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Bright daytime meteor seen over Canada and U.S. Northeast
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